News and Updates

Ethiopian Jews in dire need as Israel-Hamas conflict disrupts established aid

A Jewish humanitarian organization has completed an airlift of medical materials to enclaves of Ethiopian...

Danielle’s Field Notes from Grenada

Heather (Afya’s Chief of Programs) and I recently did what we do well together-travel to...

Westchester inmates making a difference

At Afya, we always believe that people have the capacity to make a difference and...

Action is the antidote to trauma

Amputation surgical kits. Chemical protection respirators. These are some of the items that doctors in...

An Afya Moment: Department of Corrections Inmates Volunteer

Working closely with the Westchester Commissioner’s team over the past 18 months, Afya has been...

Notes from the field: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

The Afya Foundation and our partners deliver supplies to refugee welcoming center in New Jersey...

A Son of Haiti Speaks From Ground Zero After the Earthquake

This article also appears on Hands Up for Haiti. This blog is written by Samson...

Yonkers Public Schools Autism Program & Afya

Covid-19 turned everyone’s world upside down, but Kara and Dmitry worked to create a sense...

Meet Afya’s volunteers!

The Afya Foundation’s Occupational Therapy program brings dedicated volunteers into the warehouse and simultaneously helps...

You don’t have to be a surgeon to save lives

Thanks to Afya’s Occupational Therapy interns, any individual with a passion to serve can participate...